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D003. No. 309.683. Patented Dec. 23, 18184.

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FREDERICK J. LEE, OF OSWVEGO, KANSAS.

DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,633, dated December 23, 1884.

(No model.)

f0 aZZ whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. Lnn, of Oswego, in the county of La Bette and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereomwhich form part of this specification.

The object I have specifically in view is to provide or construct a door which, though closed and locked, may be interchangeably used, either i or the ordinary purpose of security or for ventilation, and which, at the same time, will prevent the entrance of insects; and to these ends my invention consists in the combination, with a door-frame, of a sliding panel and a wiregauze screen arranged as will beliereinafter more pariicularl y described and understood when taken in connection with the annexed d *awings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the door with the panel raised for security; Fig. 2, a similar view with the panel lowered for ventilation; and Fig. 3, atransverse section on line a; m, Fig. 1.

Similarletters of reference denote like parts.

A represents an ordinary door-frame having the usual lower fixed panel, B.

0 represents a sliding panel, which, when elevated, as seen in Fig. 1, forms a sealed or closed door, but when lowered, as seen in Fig. 2, the portion above the lower panel is open.

D indicates a wire screen, which is permanently and suitably secured to the door-frame,

above the stationary panel, so as to entirely extend over the open space lett in the door when the sliding panel is lowered.

It will be seen that at night, or in case of a storm, the movable panel may be closed and suitably secured by a bolt or hook. hen it is warm and it is desirable to have ventilation, this panel may be lowered, thus exposing the wire screen, which will freely admit air but prevent insects from entering the room.

I am well aware that wire screens have been employed in connection with sliding windowsash, and limit my claim to the obvious scope of my invention.

I am also aware that doors have been constructed with double stationary lower panels and ast-ationary hollow cross-bar in combination with a sliding panel adapted to close the space above the same; but such a contrivanee I disclai I'D.

What I claim, therefore, as new is The combination, with the door-frame provided with suitable guides, of a single stationary lower panel, a vertically-sliding panel adapted to close the space above the said sta tionary panel, and a stationary wire screen located above this stationary panel, all constructed and adapted to operate as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK J. LEE.

\Vi tn ess es:

J. M. BOWMAN, .T. IV. TINDALL. 

